LESSON PLANS
Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' skill of making inferences. The lesson uses the book, Why…
REFERENCE
An article outlining the Harlem Renaissance and its major players.
ACTIVITIES
Use a teaching guide that includes discussion ideas and activities for use with The Color of Home.
Use this activity kit to extend your class reading of The Little Engine That Could, now freshly illustrated by Loren…
BOOK GUIDES
Find ten tips for using So You Wanna Be President?, the 2001 Caldecott Medal winner, in your class. This is a fun book…
By isolating basic story elements including setting, characters, problem, and solution show students the building blocks…
Review poems read at presidential inauguration ceremonies with this lesson plan. After the presidential election is…
Use a teaching guide that includes discussion ideas and activities for use with Togo.
In Twisted, the acclaimed Laurie Halse Anderson tackles a very controversial subject: what it means to be a man today.…
TEACHING RESOURCE
Explore connections in mathematics and literature with this article on children's author, Lewis Carroll.
In this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, Rafe Esquith explains how to establish a sense of trust with your…
This excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire will introduce you to Rafe Esquith and his advice on being a successful…